The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-30 00:00:00

ringing the estafette, which they have had much difficulty to forward from distance to distance, and that only by day time, as it is impossible for either themselves or the posti lions to get along with safety at night. several diligences are still en route, and their arrival is ami.iously lo.okv:a for ward to by the friends of the parties. • The wind still blows a brisk hale frokti. the N.N.E. and E.N.E The Government maid-packets have, however, been able to get out of the hathour both yesterday and to day, and they will either mP.ke for Dover or Ram gate. A French steam-packet, Le Courier, arrival. here yesterday afternoon from Dov', - n., but without, any intelligence from London. The ca'itain states that the roads are all stopped up by the snow, and that the letters cannot be forwarded, although the , irtillerymen, the Sappers and Miners, and the garrison, are cutting through the snow to form a junc tion with Canterbury, and that the passengers who left here yesterd - 43 , still remain at Dover, without much hope of a speed.) , arrival at the end of their journey. It is a universal rerAtark among the naval half-pay officers at this little port, Chat the British Government should allow the packets of the General Steam Navigation Company to convey those letters that are for the interior of England to London di rect, when the regular mail-packets arc likely to meet with ol)structions from stress of weather. P.S.—The vessels that were on shore to the southward here had every assistance sent them, and all the crews have been saved. I send you this by a London Warn packet direct. LEWES. The following additional details, respecting the fatal effects of the snow-storm at Lewes, arc brought this morning by the Brighton Gazette of yestersday (Thurs day) :—ln consequence of a partial sliding of some masses of snow, which knocked down a saw-house and other buildings, belouging to Mr. Willy, timber-merchant, during the night of Monday, Mr. Willy, Mr. Morris, Mr. Bury, 11r. Cleat, and several other gentlemen, were on the spot early on the following morning, and discovered that the snow above the houses had already begun to separate from the cliff. This become more apparent between nine and ten o'clock ;' and the inmates were then entreated by those gentlemen, in the most earnest manner, to leave their Louses. Some, as will appear by the subjoined evidence before the Coroner, did so ; but others actuated by va rious motives, chiefly the desire of saving their furniture, neglecting the warning, and were almost immediately buried in the ruins. Jeremiah Rook and William Bridgman, two young men 'who were buried in the ruins, had each the left thigh broken, and also received various bruises in the head and different parts of the body. They are now at the Cliff 'workhouse, anc are likely to do well. Rook was the first person dng out of the ruins, after being buried about half an hour : Bridgman was not extricated till after a lapse of six or seven hours. Susan Hayward was the last person dug put, and was quite dead. Joseph Fletcher, a boy - about four years old, an orphan brought up by Mrs. Taylor, was dug out uninjured. Two children, of the name of Voax, were slightly bruised. Phoebe Barnden, about three years old, (laughter of one of the women who was killed, was but slightly injured. Mrs. Sherlock, a widow, also escaped with a few bruises. Mrs, Barnsden has left eleven children, and Mrs. Taylor twelve children, who had all quitted the houses when the accident occurred. Of Mrs. Bridgman's three children, one was killed, one injured, and the other escaped. An inquest was held yesterday (Wednesday) morning on the bodies, at the Cliffe workhouse. The names of the de ceased were William Gear, Joseph Wood, Mary Tayler, Phce'oe Barnden, Maria Bridgman, Mary Bridgman, Jane BorJks, and Susan Haywood. Charles Willie, jun., a timber merchant, residing in the Cliffe, stated that between ten and eleven o'clock yesterday morning, he observed a crack in a large quantity of snow on Cliffe Hill, overhanging eight tenements. The snow broke into two parts, and fell violently on the houses, seven of which were knocked down. Witness went immediately for assistance. A fall of snow had taken place in his yard during the previous night, in consequence of which he went to the inhabitants of the cottages, and advised them to re move. Some o f th em r emo v ed in consequence of witness's warning. The cottages were as well built as cottages of the same description usually are. James Rooke, a labourer residing in one of the cottages tilestroyed by the fall of snow, saw the snow fall ; a short time before he had spoken to Mrs. Taylor, one of the de ceased, while in the road in front of her house, and going towards it. He begged her not to go ; but she said she must go for her shawl. He saw no more of her : saw Phoebe Barnwell dug out of the ruins. Robert Higham, landlord of the Schooner beershop, op posite the cottages, had spoken to several of the inhabi tants the night previous, and told them it was dangerous to sleep in the houses. One of them was a woman named who, in consequence of what he said, went out, with her family. About four minutes before the snow fell, witness went, with Mr. T. Morris, and advised some other inhabitants to leave immediately, without waiting for their goods. Witness spoke to Mrs. Barnden and Mrs. Bridg man, took hold of their hands, and tried to pull them away. They seemed to be frightened, and did not know where to go. lle then left them, to secure his own life. Saw the whole of the deceased, except Mrs. Barnden, taken out of the snow. They were all dead. Verdict—Acci dental death. We fear that much damage has been done in the sur rounding crAntry, of which, however, no intelligence has reacheeus, owing to the means of communication being almost entirely cut off. _ . SHOREHAM.—On Sunday evening, as two of the pilots were going. from Shoreham to the Harbour, they found a man lying in the road, covered with snow, and quite help less. They took him up to the Blue Anchor, where he was put to bed, and we are glad to say recovered. A fall of snow, the wind blowing from north-east, with occasional heavy squalls, commenced in this island about seven o'clock on the night of Christmas-day, and continued, without scarcely any intermission, throughout the whole of yesterday. In some parts of the island we have heard that the snow was actually three feet deep last evening ; and, at the time of our going to press, not the slightest symptom of the weather moderating could be discerned. So wet, stormy, and disagreeable a winter has not been experienced in Jersey for many years.—Jersey Argus. LiNco•Lx.—The London coaches into Lincoln on Satur day an , :i Sunday, were generally from three to five hours behind the time, and the north coaches upwards more in prordortion. Yesterday morning some of the toacheS out of Lincoln were compelled to return after getting a little 'way on the road, the obstruction by the snow being too great to get over. The Gainsburg packet coach could proceed no further than Saxilby ; and the London Tally ho was dug outof the snow opposite Red-hall, and brought back. The Nottingham, Hull, and Leicester did not ar rive at all, nor have the up and down mails of yesterday been heard of. We have been told that in many places the snow is six feet in depth, and that several road waggons are blocked up. The only road open yesterday leading from Liacoln was that to Newark, which is nearly a level, but even there the snow in some places was from three to four feet deep.—Lincoln Gazette of Tuesday. The London mail, on Saturday, arrived nearly two hours after time. The Leeds mail, due on Saturday noon, was not received until Sunday, and the London mail, due on Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, did not arrive until seven o'clock last night. The mail which left York for this town at half-past seven on Sunday evening arrived at Market-Weighton at nine, beyond which place, from the depth of snow and the danger of the roads, it was not prac ticable to take the coach. Two guards took each a horse and set set off with the bags for Beverley, the next stage, but did not ar rive at that town until 9 o'clock yesterday morning, having lost their way, and been out in all the dreadful storm of Sun day night. They finally arrived at their destiny about half past 11 yesterday—nearly twelve hours after the appointed time. Last year a steamer, loaded with prime wethcr mutton and fowls, prepared for many a London dinner, took fire before she left the Humber. On this occasion— having a cargo of well-dressed turkeys, no way inferior to thriller consignment, the Same steamer hav;ng been despatched on Saturday, was fortunate to regain this harbour on Sunday, with the lets of her bul warks, &c., having encounteretb off Norfolk, such weatl.ler as baffled her experienced commander to discover exactly where she was. Trifling aside, it is feared more serious effects arc yet to be heard of the extraordinary severe weather, which still continues with unabated fierce- ness. The London legs despatched yesterday morning %cue returned to the post.office in the evening, the guard 'having been able to proceed only six miles after crossing the Observer of Tuesday. As a Mr. Mogg was going to Glastonbury, on Tuesday week, during the heavy gale, he saw the mill of Mr. W. Jones, miller and farmer, tottering, and fall with a tremen dous crash. He instantly jumped off his horse, and ran to the ruins, where he found Mr. and Mrs. Jones struggling amongst the broken timber and rubbish. Mr. Mog ,, suc ceeded in extricat;og them, but Mr. Jones was so dreadfully injured that h. a almost instantly expired. Mrs. Jones, al though much hurt, is likely to recover. On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of the unfortunate man, and a verdict, of " Accidental Death" was returned.--Staford shire .Examincr. The Ashburnhams, the Fitzrovs, the Harcourts, and other branches of the Cavendish family, are in town, wait ing for the expected marriaue Colonel Cavendish' s daugh ter. We are sorry to state that lady still continues very ill, at her father's house in Burlington-gardens. Mr. Hill, the American comedian, who made so successful a debut some short time since at Drury-lane Theatre, is engaged foi a limited period at the Olympic, where he will make his first appearance on Monday next in Bernard's farce of The Yankee Pedlar. His quiet yet effectiv e humour, will, there is little doubt, be duly appre ciated there. FOREIGN INTELLIGEIiCE FRANCE. ANbTHER ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE KING OF THE FRENCH. (From Galignani's This being the tne opening of the Legisla tive ChalAers, the usual preparations were made for his 'Majesty's progress to the Valais Bourbon. Bodies of military were in attendance, as on former similar oceesions; but the severity of the weather wee such that the ordinary crowd of spectator, et the tAValcade was diminished to a much smaller ttlltYiber than we have previously remarked at this ceremony. . . Within a few seconds of the Rovril tertegeleaving the Tuileries, by the gate leading to the Pont Royal, and whilst the crowd assembled on the tikkay were elteerittg the appear ance of his Majesty, a young man, ratlii* genteelly dressed, made an attempt on the King's life, by firing a pistol at him, which happily did hot take ePfect. The assassin, it is said, was so close to the carriage in which were the King, and Dukes d'Orleans and Isremonre, that his Majesty had a full view of his persoe, Aha was enabled to poiht him out to the Natietial Guards, who immediately arrested him, and conveyed him to the guardhouse of the cha teau., 'without his making oily Attempt to resist, or save , aimself by flight, The feelin ,, excited among the troops and National Gu a rd s was such that the wretched youth was nearly sacrificed on the spot which he had selected for the execution of his diabolical purpose. The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours were both slightly wounded by the glass of the carriage window, which the ball directed against his Majesty shivered to atoms. During this scene the King exhibited the greatest coolness and courage ; and the pro cession, immediately after the arrest of the assassin, con tinued its route to the Chamber without any other event marking its progress. Her Majesty's carriage, in which, besides the Queen were Madame Adelaide and the Prin cesses, preceded that of the King. From an early hour the usual preparations had been made to preserve order in the immediate neighbourhood of the Palais Bourbon, and the customary military force, con sisting of Municipal and National Guards, and troops of the line, were in attendance on the Pont Royal and the ap proaches to the Chamber to keep off the crowd. In the in terior of the Chamber the arrangements and decorations were precisely those which we noticed last year on the occasion of the Royal sitting. A fauteuil of crimson velvet, raised as before on an elevated estrade, had been disposed for his Majesty, and on each side were two smaller scats, also of crimson velvet. Above rose a canopy of the same material, and surmounted with numerous tri-coloured flags. A few minutes after ten o'clock, when admittance had been given to such as had obtained tieketa for the reserved galleries, all the tribunes were speedily filled, especially by the ladies, who being, of course, seated on the front benches, appeared to form the majority of the assemblage. The day being in tensely cold, most of the fair spectators were hermetically enveloped in clocks, boas, shawls, and tippets, with the usual appendages of muffs, comforters, and other auxiliaries against the chilling influence of a December day. This wintry garb gave a less animated aspect to the interior of the Chamber than we have heretofore observed in more genial seasons. Up to half-past twelve o'clock but few Deputies had taken their seats in the body of the Chamber s in fact, at that hour we counted only some AO or 3t Deputies of the Centre, wbo seemed disposed to take the field much earlier than the members of the Cote Gauche and the Cote Droll. In less than a quarter of an hour, however, a considerable augmentation had taken place in the numerical force of the Deputies in attendance, amongst whom we noticed M. Du pin, the President of the Chamber, M. Thiers, and Messrs. Berryer, Laffitte, Odillon Barrot, Garnier Pages, De Sade, &c. At a quarter to one o'clock the Peers, headed by Ba ron Pasquier, the President of the Upper Chamber, made their appearance by the door on the right of the couloir, and were almost immediately followed by the Members of the Council of State, who, as well as the Peers, were in their usual official costume. The Peers took their seats, and Council of State stood in groups under the elevated estrade. At ten minutes past one o'clock the Queen and Madame Adelaide entered the Chamber amidst loud acclamations of " Vive la Reine !" and took their seats in the corner tribune, reserved for them. At half-past one precisely the King was announced, and in a few seconds entered by the door on the left of the couloir. At the moment of the King's appearance, the Peers, Deputies, and the whole of the auditory stood up, and the acclamations with which his Majesty was received were most enthusiastic. Cheers and loud shouts of " Vive le Roi I" were continued for several minutes, and were fervidly repeated at several intervals. His Majesty was evidently deeply affected by this loyal and animated welcome, which he acknowledged by repeatedly bowing to the auditory, at the same time laying his hand upon his heart, and speaking his thanks with the emphatic eloquence to which the heart alone, and not the lips, can give utterance. We feel the most sincere gratification at being enabled to observe that the King, though rather pale, looked, on the whole, extremely well. He ascended the steps with remarkable firmness, and, we had almost said, with the vigour and elasticity of a younger man. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Orleans and the Prince de Joinville, the latter dressed in a naval uniform, took their scats on his right, and the Duke de Nemours on his left. Immediately afterwards his Majesty commenced the read ing of the Royal Speech in a firm tone of voice, which he retained to the conclusion of the document, except in the delivery of the passages which referred to the disastrous expedition to Constantina, and his own providential escape from assassination. In alluding to these events his Majesty's accents assumed the tremor not of feebleness, but of deep feeling and emotion. The allusion to his own escape was, immediately after its delivery, received by the whole of the assemblage with loud and reiterated shouts of " Vive le Roi.' ANOTHER ACCOUNT. PARIS, DEC. lament exceedingly to have to an nounce to you a new attempt upon the King's life. It is not necessary to inform you that this day had been fixed for the commencement of the legislative session. Early in the forenoon the usual preparations for the King's pro ceeding from the Tuileries to the Chamber of Deputies, to open the session in form, were made. As upon the last occasion, the line of march from the Palace of the Tuileries to the Chamber of Deputies was by the Quay of the Tui leries to the Pont de la Revolution, because, bounded as it is on the one side by the wall and terrace of the Tuileries (interdicted to the people), and on the other by the quay wall, no spot offers itself at which an assassin could mask his movements, or conceal himself. The entire distance was lined by troops of the Line and National Guards. Hundreds of sergens de 'Wile and thousands of police agents in plain clothes were on duty, and the customary escort at tended the royal cortege, which at one o'clock issued from the same guichet of the chateau beneath which Alibaud (on the 25th of June last) fired upon the King. I must remark, however, that the measures of precaution taken for the protection of his Majesty on this occasion dif fered from those observed on the last, for the public were admitted within the interior court of the Place du Carrousel. The line of soldiers was on the former occasion so drawn up as to prevent the approach of spectators within musket shot of the King. Today the Pont Royal was open, and the whole of the Quay of the Tuilleries, as well as the garden (with the exception of the terrace, which borders and commands the quay already mentioned), were free, and occupied by spec tators. Precisely as one o'clock was striking, the King entered his state carriage (drawn by only two horses, however, on account of the great depth of the snow) from the Pavillon da l'Horloge. The Duke of Orleans followed, and sat at his Majesty's left. The Duke de Nemours and the Prince de Joinville took their seats opposite to the King. On quitting the guichet loud cries of "Vive le Roi," ex clusively from the National Guards, greeted him. The people regarded the cortege in silence, and remained co vered. The King's carriage, which was proceeding very slowly, bad not advanced fifty yards beyond the gate of the garden of the Tuilleries on the quay of that name when a shot was fired from among the crowd ; behind the Grenadiers of the National Guard, who lined the right hand side of the quay. A rush of National Guards, troops of the line, and of the estcort towards the spot whence the shot had been fired immediately took place. Two men who stood still were arrested. One of them, supposed to be him who fired the shot, was a mere youth, being scarcely more than 18 years of age. He ap peared to be of the lower class of life, exceedingly pale, and greatly agitated. He wore a cloak, but it was now thrown back. He was conducted to the guardhouse to which Ali baud had been conveyed, and placed on the same lit de camp. Several National Guards had evinced a disposition to put him to death, but an officer of the Etat Major pre vented his receiving injury. Another man was also taken into custody, suspected of being an accomplice. He is described as 30 years of age. A third person, who had run from the group, • and who shouted loudly all the while " Vive le Roi," was arrested at the gate, and brought into the garden ; the gates were closed. The prisoner was then conveyed to the Palace. The King's carriage stopped for an instant after the at tempt was made, and the King, putting his head out of the window, satisfied the troops, National Guards, and the pub lic that he was uninjured. The ball struck one of the win dows of the carriage (which, on account of the severity of the weather, were closed), but it would appear that the assassin fired as the coach approached, for the ball is de scribed as having entered the front window, and passed through the carriage. The Duke of Orleans was cut on the ear or cheek by the broken glass. The ball is sup posed to have passed between the Duke de Nemours and the Prince de Joinville. The cortege proceeded. The King occasionally bowed from the windows, and Generals Jacquerninot, Pajol, and Dariule, and Marshal Lobau, who • were in advance of the carriage, assured the spectators that his Majesty was safe. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1.536. Immediately on deliveting the speech the King left the Chamber, and, contrary to custom, before the Queen. Or his return, his Majesty was well received, but the whole ol the Quay of theTuilerips had heen clear r d, the gates o' the g t -irde; - i . I.b.jA;lQ the NM, noyal were tAshel back uy the troops (the 9th Regiment of Light In fantry), and a double line of soldiers was formed to protect the King's pasgagq, . , Extracts from thq Freud) Papers of Friday, Saturday Sunday; . 101 - 0,13';) The dosi,§iiiittiongel of triday says—ti We have now before us a letter from a well-informed person, dated Lis bon, the 11th inst., by which it appears that M. Bois le Comte had on the previous day received some unpleasant dispateheS from the rreneh °atm:tent, It appears that M. Mole has bitterly reproached him for hating proposed to the Queen to land the troops attached to the French squadron. What adds to the singularity of the matter is, that it is well remembered that two days after Admiral Hugon entered the Tagus he Said publicly, that his instruc tions weit to land every man belonging to his fleet in case of necessity." " We are assured by letters dated Toulon, Dec. 19,that six regiments of infantry have been ordered to proceed in the directi )n of the Bth military division, where they are to be embarked for Africa. The battalions will all be put on the complete war footing, and will sail from Toulon and Marseilles at the end of March, 1837. Several regiments are likewise to be shipped at Port Vendres for the same destination. The next expedition against Constantine will amount to at least 20,000 men. A battalion of the Fo reign Legion is to be immediately conveyed to Algiers, on board the corvette Egerie. The last advices from Bona state that a considerable number of sick have died in the hospitals from the fatigue of the campaign."—Le Siecle. The reception of M. Guizot at the Academy was the ab sorbing topic of the day. Serious affairs, politics, and Mi nisterial and Parliamentary intrigues, had subsided, and the whole interest was centred in the assembly, where M. Guizot proclaimed himself a citizen-philosopher, to escape, no dobut, by confounding those two titles, the double obli gation they impose. M. Dupin, however, turned the father of the doctrine into great ridicule for choosing as his device an inscription written on the doors of the men of the revo lution—' The owner considers the title of citizen' as the greatest honour.' A considerable number of academicians were absent on the occasion. The discussion in the com mittee, when the discourse of the recipiendary was commu nicated to it, had been attended with a good deal of ran cour, and the discontented testified their towards their new colleague by not attending on the day of his re ception. Messrs. Etienne, Jouy, Dupin, Talleyrand, and Chatcaubriand were among the absent. In truth, how could M. Dupin, pleading in favour of Marshal Ney against the re-action directed by M. Guizot, view in him a philosopher meditating with impartiality on the vicis situdes of revolutions ? M. Etienne, so distinguished for taste and elegance of style, could not see in the la borious compiler of old chronicles and the heavy annotator of the History of England a man who correctly spoke the language of the reign of Louis XIV., or that of the 18th century. But the members of every opinion were particularly indignant at this sentence of M. (le Segur The academy has received you, and you render it in some degree snore French.' M. Etienne declared the sentence to be barbarous in its form, and bad in its very nature. As a writer, M. Guizot never belonged to the French school properly speaking, but to the mongrel school of Geneva, to which we are indebted for what has been heretofore called the style refugie. He has gratified us with a number of articles written in that style in the Moniteur de Gand, and in the Journal des Debats. How strange it is that a man who has been raised to power by a popular revolution should be so little naturalized a Frenchman as to be doomed, in his capacity of Minister and academician, to produce no thing better than a system of government conceived by an emigrant, and to write works in a barbarous style. The Gazette de France adds—" The gachis of M. Guizot's po sition is such, that he has not the courage to pride himself on what is most honourable in his life—his fidelity in 1815 to the oath he had taken."—Journal du Commerce. " Marshal Soult was surrounded 'on his arrival in Paris. Though naturally rude and imperious, the Duke of Dal matia is nevertheless of a very pliant disposition ; there is a great deal of the courtier in him ; he never resisted the King's will, and kept up with him a friendly and regular correspondence ; his Majesty even forgave him most wil lingly the inclination he showed to join the gauche, when it was contemplated to form a Cabinet out of the Opposi tion. The Doctrinaires offered him, on his return, the War Department, in order to oppose him to M. Mole. He was told that his only opponent in the cabinet of the 11th of October was the Duke de Broglie, and that M. Guizot having politically fallen out with the Duke, they would never sit together in the same Administration. The Mar shal replied, ' I require the Presidency of the Council ; I will leave the Foreign Department to M. Mole, but no one must be over me to control my acts.' At a private in terview between the Marshal and a friend of the Ministers, M. Bertin de Vaux, the following conversation, we are as sured, took place But, Marshal, you are aware that the Presidency of M. Mole is merely nominal, that M. Guizot would not have otherwise yielded to him, and that it was on this condition he accepted the inferior department of Public Instruction.' No doubt,' replied the Marshal, but he is de facto master of the elections, of the police, the prefects, the journals ; do you call that nothing ?'"—Nou velle Minerve. conjunction with Persigny, he made certan proposals to Viscount Geslin. On a subsequent occasion it was he who made the first overtures to De Querelles. De Gricourt made no attempt to deny, or even to extenuate, the charges preferred against him. "Of the sei:eii noW in the hands of justice, De I3ruc was the last IVIld W.as atfested hating set out from Strasburg, where he had arrived on the alst of Oc toner, uo !vas afterwards taken at St. Louis On the Ist of November, just at the moment that he was about to cross the frontier's. " De Bruc; althengh iidt ogned in the plot of tne :30th of Octobei', teal httiWer initiate'd in the etaivirmy he was one of the ageritj hi viliedi the 6obspieators placed the greatest confidence. " On the 20th of October he was met in i l atiO, tart in stead of going to his lodgings he put up at a furnished lic!,et , where he affected the greatest mystery, and went by the name of Bayar i d. He was the bearer of two letters, the one addressed by Persigny to Madame Gorda?, in which the writer speaks of the plot in the most formal terdig: The second letter was for General Execlmans, and was written by Louis Bonaparte. " De Bruc waited on General Excelmam, delivered his message to him, joined his entreaties to those of Louis Bonaparte to induce him to enter the conspiracy, and offered to take him in his carriage to Aremberg. It was only when he became convinced of the inutility of his efforts that he resolved on quitting Paris. He left the capital on the 23d, travelling still under the name of Bayard, and was seen on the 27th and 28th of October at Neuf-Brisach, where he spoke with enthusiasm of the empire in a coffee room, and denounced in bitter terms the conduct of Go vernment towards the sub-officers of the army, in whose favour he said something ought to be done. " On the 29th of October he arrived at Friburg, three days after the rendezvous given him by Persigny. It was from that city he wrote the latter a letter, which only reached Strasburg on the 31st, but which a dds consider able weight to the charges against him. Finally, on the :31st of October, he returned to Strasburg, stopped at the Hotel de la Fleur, and called at Persigny's lodging ; but, being told that this officer had fled, and that the police was looking out for him, he hastened to quit the Hotel de la Fleur, and caused his effects to be brought to the lodging of a friend. He left Strasburg in the evening for Basle, and was arrested at St. Louis. " The previous life of De Bruc, formerly one of Charles X.'s gentlemen in waiting, represents him as belonging to the Legitim,tist party. He commanded in 1815 a body of cavalry in La Vendee, and was a chief of squadron in 1830, when he was placed oti half-pay at his own request. " The only explanation that can be given of the part he took in this conspiracy is upon the principle of pecuniary interests. His circumstances were straitened, and he sought to better them by hurrying on the conspiracy. " Of the six persons accused as conspirators, and who have as yet eluded the vigilance of the police, the escape of Persigny was most to be regretted. The latter had been long devoted to the cause of Louis Bonaparte—was a man of active and intelligent mind, and of a bold and resolute character ; he, of all others, was the best informed as to the secret springs of the conspiracy. He was to be found wherever his presence was required, either with the view of giving activity to the plot, or gaining over partisans ; his participation was evident from every document produced. It was connected. with the proof of culpability against each conspirator, and it appeared that the accusation as regarded Persigny was in some respects brought to a conclusion. "The organization of.the conspiracy:was entirely military, and was to have been placed under the protection of a grand prevot. Lombard's active participation in the plot is likewise ascertained. On the morning of the 30th cf Oc tober, he formed part of the cortege which accompanied Buonaparte to the barrack of Vaudrey's regiment. lie was dressed in an aid-de-camp's uniform, which he had doubtless put on, like many of his accomplices, at Louis lionaparte's residence in the Rue des Orphelins. It has already been stated that h© took the command of one of the detachments which Colonel Vaudrey furnished, and that he went at the head of this detachment to the printing office of M. Silbermann. lie was hurrying on, as fast as he could, the printing of theisproclamations, when, hearing that the movement had been put down at the barrack of the Finckmatt, he saw that the best thing he could do was to seek his safety in flight. The facts laid to the charge of Government are completely identical with those of which Laity stands accused. Little is known of the circumstances under which Lombard and the last four accused persons promised their co-operation. Still it can be proved, that being some embarrassed by the want of money, and all the victims of the most unbridled ambition, they eagerly engaged in a project which, guilty as it was, promised to supply them with the means of satis fying their passions, and acquiring a better position in so ciety. Induced by these motives, they resolved to take part, together with the other accused parties, in an attempt which might possibly have compromised the political exis tence of France, and disturbed the tranquillity of the whole of Europe. Consequently, the following individvals are charged, viz. : " Ist. Vaudrey, Laity, Parquin de Querelles, de Gricourt de Persigny, Lombard, Gros, Petri, Dupenhouat, and Schaller, with having, on the morning of the 30th of Oc tober last, made an attempt to destroy, or to change the Government, or order of succession to the Throne ; or to excite the citizens or inhabitants to take up arms against the Royal authority ; and with having taken part, by a de termination to act, concerted and agreed on amongst them, in the conspiracy, of which that attempt was the execution. "2d. Vatolrey, Laity, Parquin, Persigny, Lombard, Gros, and Schaller, with having, on the before-mentioned day, taken the command of a troop without any authority or lawful cause, and solely for the purpose of forwarding the accomplishment of their guilty project. " 3d. Parquin, with having on the before-mentioned day, arrested and detained the lieutenant-general commanding the military division—Persigny, with having arrested and detained the Prefect of the department of the Bas-Rhin —Schaller, with having arrested and detained Colonel Leboul—and Vaudrey, with having promoted those acts, by placing at the disposal of those who executed them a portion of the soldiers under his command. "4th. Eleonore Brault (widow Gordon), with being an accomplice in the first-mentioned offence, and with hav ing promoted it by guilty machinations or artifices, and with assisting its authors in the acts by which it was arranged or facilitated. " sth. The before-mentioned Eleonore Brault and Fre deric de Bruc with having, by a determination to act, con certed and agreed on among several persons, taken part in the conspiracy of which the attempt of the 30th of October was the execution. " 6th. Frederic de Bruc with having made to General Excelmans a proposition (not accepted) to take part in the said plot. " 7th. Parquin, de Querelles, de Gricourt, de Persigny and Lombard, with having, on the before-mentioned day, publicly worn a uniform to which they hail no title. " These beinr , crimes and offences provided for by the 87th, 88th, 93d, 341st, 59th, 60th, 89th, and 259th articles of the Penal Code." INSURRECTIONARY ATTEMPT AT VENDOME. The same publication says----" One of the strongest mo tives which induce the Chateau to separate from England is, that the policy of the English Cabinet is completely re volutionary, and in proof of this certain attempts de nounced by Austria are appealed to. It would appear that the Cabinet of Vienna has ascertained that agents from England are passing to and fro along the shores of Italy, with the view of preparing the population for an insurrec tion. It should be known, too, that M. de Talleyrand, after being up to 1832 very English, is now becoming very Austrian; his st le admiration is the policy of M. de Met ternich ;itis a mixed and less compromising system. M. de Appony is quite in favour at Court : he is preferred to M. de Pahlen, who has preserved all the stiffness of a Cos sac officer. M. de Appony has no great extent of talent ; he is an insignificant diplomatist—indeed, altogether, such a person as M. de Metternich is in the habit of employing, in order to retain all the power in his own hands. He is very fond of theatres, both small and great, and attends but little to business. As for M. de Pablen, he is called the northern hear. His house stinks of tobacco so intole rably as to affect the nerves of even the least delicate beauties of the Court. It is, however, asserted that his Muscovite Excellency is gradually humanising, and he is expected to dance this year?' The Courricr Francais of Monday says—" The depu ties are daily arriving in Paris, but their number is as yet very limited ; and it is to be feared that many among them will not be at their posts at the opening of the session. Most of them do not intend to come up until after the first of the year, to be present at the first debates on the ad dress. The members now in Paris have formed into three different rcuniens, all opposed to the Ministry. The most numerously attended belongs to the left and left centre ; another has joined the portion of the centre which votes with M. Ganneron ; and the third meets in the saloon of M. Mathieu de la Redorte, and consists principally of the friends of M. 'Tiers. A morning journal announces, that at their first meeting .the deputies agrZ:ed on the choice of the candidates for the Vice-Presidency, and Board of the Chamber. Those candidates ere Messrs. Calmon, Beren ger, Teste, and Etienne for the Vice-Presidency, and Se cretaries Messrs. Vivien, Felix Real, Cunin Gridaine, and Boissy d'Anglas." We have already stated that Bruyant, at the entreaty of his counsel, had consented to lodge an appeal against the judgment of the court. For several days back the council of revision engaged with one of these appeals was proceed ing with the utmost activity ; a reporter had been ap pointed for the purpose of examining the numerous docu ments relative to this matter, and it was announced that the council was to sit during this week, in order to give its decision. It, however, appears that Bruyant, who was constantly declaring that he had done wrong to appeal, has discontinued to support the application made with the above view. Thus the cap►tal sen tence pronounced against him becomes irrevocable and peremptory. The question is, will the execution take place ? No doubt is entertained here that the Royal clemency will be extended to Bruyant, so as to rescue him from the extreme punishment of the law. This convict has been declared innocent of the murder of Barrieux, it therefore appears that he was condemned upon a fact of a purely political .nature. It must be added that although Bruyant has desisted from his appeal, and that, consequently, there can be no further discussion upon the regularity of the proceedings, or the legality of the sentences, still we can have no hesitation in believing that the erroneous mode of procedure, and the false application of the law, will be taken into consideration in the exercise of the Royal Pre- INSURRECTION AT STRASBURG. (CONCLUSION OF THE ACT OF ACCUSATION.) " It was at the barracks of Finckmatt that Querelles was arrested. On arriving at Strasburg on the 27th of Octo ber, he gave up his lodgings to Louis Bonaparte the mo ment he arrived, and on the following day he installed him in the apartment which he had previously engaged for that Prince. " On the evening of the 29th he joined a supper party given by . Persigny to Louis Bonaparte. That night and the following he passed in the company of the Prince and the principal conspirators. On the next day he formed part of the band, up to the moment of his apprehension. It also appears, that although only a Lieutenant of light in fantry, he thought proper to assume the military decora tions belonging to a General of division. He and Gricourt wore alternately the imperial eagle. His chief employment seems to have been to excite the enthusiasm of the troops. " A memorandum-book found at his lodging fully proves that these acts were the result of an organized plan, of which he was the contriver. He relied on the seduction of a considerable nun Vier of men. 300 stout fellows, with strong lungs, employed to call out, The emperor for ever,' seemed to promise an infallible moans of success. It appears from the same memorandum-book, which con tained his most secret thoughts, that for the last three months he had entered into the conspiracy. " It was also at the barracks of Finekmatt that Gricourt was arrested. Although never in the army, lie assumed the uniform of a staff-officer. On hearing- of the arrival of Louis Bonaparte, he instantly went out to meet the Prince at Illkirch. He took a seat in his carriage, and returned with him to Strasburg. He was present at the supper given by Persigny to Louis Bonaparte. lie was amongst the number of the conspirators who spent the night of the 29th and 30th of October at the apartments of the Prince. Gricourt belongs to the Legitimatist party. For a long time back he had manifested his hatred to the King's Govern ment. rooutive. 'Bruyant is a member of a very respectable family, many of whom have been employed in the office of Woods and Forests. His family will, no doubt, use their influence to support the petition for his pardon.—Gazette des Tri bunaux. Five pe F r it ce E n N u C .. ll lo I. 7 ' c llN it p c. S 6 —p B s oc ii:, DEC. 26. Four per Cents., 99f. 20c. Three per Cents., 79f. 711 t sc. 10c. Genic de Naples, 97f. 31c 25c. 30c. Roman Five per Cents., 101. Spanish Actives, 20 20% 1 A Y %. Spanish Differes, 8. Spanish Passives, 5)4. Belgian Loan. Five per Cents , 101;7.4. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 2S-X traytiaii Loan. 370 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON Hie month, paper, 25c. 35e ; money, 251. 32i4c Three months, paper, zr. 15c.; m0m:v.251 1•1!,,ic. FRENCH FUNDS.—PeeIs, Dkc. 27. Five per Cents., 107 f. 75c. 70c. 65c. 55c. 00e. Four per Cent., 99f. Isc. hree per Cents. 78f. 70c 75c. 90c. 85c. Bank Actions, 2,305 f. Route de Naples, 971 200 10c. 20c. Roman Five per Cents., toriV . ,. Spanish Actives, 2 itAi%3o,,i. . Spanish Ditferes, 8. Spanish Passives, 5%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101 , 4 . Portuguese Three per Cents. a 7. Hastian Loan, 3721 at. 370 c. " Being related to the Bcauharnais family, he was on in timate terms with Louis Bonaparte ; he was at Arembcrg at the period of the Fieschi plot. Since that moment he has been remarked in all the succeeding conspiracies. In EXCHANGE ON LONDON One month, paper, T.Lif. 35c. ; money, 251. 32 c. Thrce months, paper, 25f. Isc. ; money, *2sf. 12) c. —fours Autheturgue. BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR.—The attempt to assassinate the King on his way to the Chamber of Deputies this day pro duced, when it became known on 'Change, a considerable sen sation. As the first account received did not state whether the attempt had failed or been successful, the Three per Cents. experienced a considerable depression ; but as soon a 3 it was ascertained that the King had escaped unhurt, they ra pidly rose again. The closing price this day was 78f. 95c. The Spanish Actives closed at 20 to 1, being a slight fall on the last price price of yesterday, which was 204. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents.. 107 f. 80e. Three per Cent. Rentes, 78f. 9:"..c. Bank Actions, 2,305 f. Rente de Naples, 97f. 40c. .. , ;•nan Five per Cents., 100. Three per Cents., 27% Poringßest . Martian Lean, :1,. .Spanish ActilcB, 20%. Spanish Passive?. 6 0 /1., Spinish Differes, 8%. New l)ifferes, 8. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 17.-1 7 a/tardily's sittings of the Cortes became very interesting towards their dose. The questions announced by him were put by M. Rodriguez Leal ; and M. Mendizabal, feeling himself wounded by some doubts expressed as to his veracity respecting a contract concluded by the Government with the flier' of ° Basques, of Bayonne, uttered, with great warmth, the following words, " 1 declare that all I have said is the exact truth, and that all that M. Leal has advanced is false." A murmur arose in the as sembly upon this declaration, to which M. Leal made no reply. It appeared that he consulted several Deputies of the Opposition, and that all were for answering so insolent a denial at a more favourable opportunity. In the same sitting the Minister of Finances declared " that far from clinging to the station intrusted to him, his most anxious wish was to be freed from so immense a weight." The • bases of the Constitution are under discussion. It it pre sumable that the Report of the Committee will be adopted ; nevertheless, it appears that Ministers - had relied too much upon the vote in this day's sitting upon the second clause, which has been for two days past under discussion. Their object was immediately to send to foreign parts the result of the debate. They have been deceived in their calcula tions. At the moment the division was to take place fifty four Deputies left their seats, and the vote was necessarily adjourned, to the great mortification of Ministers. The return of Brigadier Leon, entrusted with a delicate mission to Brigadier Alaix, gave rise yesterday to a secret meeting of the Cortes. Leon informed tham of the failure of his proceedings. He had found Alaix determined to re sist the orders of his superiors, and his corps in a state of rebellion against the Government. Government is deter mined on severity, and the Cortes manifest a disposition to support it in its contemplated pressure. A great and astonishing concentration of forces is just now taking place at Madrid. Ribicro, leaving his division at the gates, has himself entered the capital, and will be soon followed by Narvaez. Evorista San Miguel is ap pointed Captain-General of Madrid, instead of Scoane, whom ill health has compelled to resign. Mendez Vigo, Minister of War, under Isturiz, has accepted the general command of Estremadura, and it is said that Quiroga suc ceeds to San Miguel to Arragon. ' Since yesterday a curious report is afloat. It is said among persons in general well informed that Ministers have resolved to throw themselves into the arms of France, and that they have submitted to the Queen the draft of a formal demand of efficient and prompt assistance. Her Majesty's reply is said to have been—" Gentlemen, this is a Cabinet question which concerns you wholly. Proceed upon your own personal responsibility." With their designs of a de mand upon France are connected certain other projects of a most delicate nature, which excite particular attention in a high.quarter, Our Court possesses a young Princess, who is, its greatest ornament. Her beauty and accomplish ments have long attracted on that Serene Infanta the atten tion of the Court of France. This match is said to be on the eve of its accomplishmcut. The Debt Without Interest has been done at 91, at 60 days. The Five per Cent., presented for the new conver sion, were at 22} for cash. The Debt Without Interest not presented for conversion, 6} for cash. We await with much anxiety tidings from Barcelona. MADRID, DEC. 18.—The part of the second clause of the project of law of modifications submitted to the Cortes by the committee which was not voted last evening, be cause there were only 106 Deputies present at the time, re lated solely to the money bills, which must always originate io the Chamber of Deputies ; but it now appears that this absence of about 45 or 50 Deputies who usually attend, was not accidental, but quite otherwise ; it was' done in order to show the Government that if their majority in the House was large, the Opposition Deputies had still this mode left of thwarting their plans. Hence, when it was proposed that " there should be two Chambers" the votes wore 126 for and 11 against, but five minutes afterwards, when it was to be declared that the Upper one should be differently elected, and that its Members should sit for a longer period of years than the Deputies—the numbers were 104 for and 14 against it, but many Members are now insisting in the Cortes that this latter part must be again put to the vote, because the total number was only 118, whereas it should be 126. Generals Narvaez, Ribicro, and Leon have left this morn ing to join their respective corps on their march to Castile, at least it is so reported ; and General Quiroga proceeds to-morrow to Pamplona, in order to take the command of that province, for which task he is not very fit. General Marron has been appointed President of the Court-martial which is to try General Itodil, about whom you need not feel any sort of anxiety, because he will to a certainty be screened from punishment. We do not hear what deter mination has been taken by Ministers respecting General Alaix and his co-insurgents, the soldiers of his corps. Ge neral Seoane is again weli enough to attend in his place at the Cortes, and he has once mire entered on the delicate duties of Captain-General of this province. The National Guards of Madrid are this instant being reviewed in the Prado by the Queen Regent. I am assured, on that which I imagine to be very good authority, that M. Calatrava has received a letter from M. Thiers, assurin g him that provided the project of modifi cation in the C on stitution of 1812, submitted by the Com mittee to the Cortes, be approved by them, the Spanish Government may reckon on a considerable armed co operation on the part of France, as well as upon every thing else being done which can bring about the imme diate termination -of the civil war. I really believe in the existence of this letter ; but it seems very extraordinary that if such be the intention of the King of the French he did not desire his present Prime Minister to make the same communication ; or is it only intended to amuse the Queen's Government ? The more so as we have every reason to know that the direct communication between that Sovereign and Don Carlos have been very frequent of late. - MADRID, DEC. 12.--It is not easy to discover bow the Cortes, engaged in reforming the Constitution, will be able to get through all their labours. Six hundred and eighty two different motions arc registered, and it would be an arduous task to dispose of such enormous business, if, as a Barcelona journal says, the day were not to come when the Cortes will have more leisure through a federation of the provinces, which will leave to them their internal adwinis- t ration. To edify the public, Ministers continue to tolerate the exertions of the " Black Band." La Vittoria, Pacienza, San Felipe—and will fall under the hammer, and alone with those convents many more, such as Madalena, Bar mesar, Caballero, de Garcia, Pinto, Ballecas. Our Generals, instead of fighting between them, and vying with each other in ambition, would do well to bestow their attention on the ever-reviving bands of Gomez, Ca brera, Quilez, Serrador, Pallilos, Organisk, Rincon, the Archpriest Moya, Falfada, Santiago, Leon, Espartero, Pemcela, Burjo, Llangostera, Forcavell, Forner, Perjuto, Gava, Ladiosa, Orijita, Peco Sanchez, Buron, Saturnon, Ramos, Perciba, Tristan, Ros d'Eroles, Ramonet, Zorilla, Llurch, Cura, Zimeno, Arbones, and so many others, who cut off the communications, and ruin the provinces, in spite of the grand army. Poor Spain, whilst those bands are overrunning the country in all directions, thou main tainest 600 Generals abroad ; thou hast 10,000 convents, 3,500 of which are on sale, and thou bast two faithful allies, one guarding thy frontier and the other thy coast. But what can those allies avail against so many enemies —the Carlists, avengers of Alibcaud, Isabelinos, Carbo nari, the Societies of the Rights of Man, young Italy, young Spain, and all the other secret associations of which M. Calatrava possesses the interminable catalogue ? BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, DEC. ‘23.—ln the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives to-day, it passed the votes of credit for the department of war, the interior and justice, tho project of law, fixing the amount of the army for 1837, at 110,000 men, and the project of law allowing a sum for the interest and redemption of the loan of thirty millions. The Chamber then ajourned to tho 16th January. rxi.cit AN I. UNDS—Baussm.s, Dux. 21 Actual Debt, 2 1 4 per Cent ......• Rothschild'.. Loan, 5 per Cent .. I Loan of Thirty Millions O4 h, )mall of City, Mk!. 4 per Cent lOl Society of Commerce, 4 , ,per Cent ll3 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 154 DUTCII FUNDS.—AmsTmtuam, DCC. 21. . Actual Debi, 2!•., per Cent. 110 do. 5 per Cent. Amort Syndic 4's per Cent., Do. do. 3i4 per Cent Commercial Cmnpany, 4;4 per Cent lBOl4 New ditto —Brussels Papers, Dec. 25. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 17. Five per Cents. 111ctalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares . . --Allzeirteine Zedung, Dec. ::2. 1306 ITALY. PALERMo, DEC. 10.--re;vette, sent from Naples, has brought us orders and menaces which are not likely to be attended with any beneficial effect. Every nay Ive hear of some rioting in the country parts, occasioned by the col lection of tithes and . taxes, and the Ministry insis is on the execution of the former, notwithstanding that they are rui nous to the agriculture and manufactures of Sicily, aryl that it is no longer possible for persons, even those who t ravel under an escort, to traverse the country wit'l any sa►ety. Two cr three tax-collectors have again been killed in :.he province of Caltanisetta. Tne Government has, ',moreover, ordered the expulsion of a number of foreigners residing in the towns, alleging that they are political machinators, and that they have an un de s'andins with Italian exiles, settled in various islands, where none of those refugees are to be found. The Sici lian authorities cannot be prevailed upon to execute those extravagant orders, and the people are still more indisposed than the barons and the clergy against Nea politan supremacy. This general discontent in a country which has rendered such important services to the reigning family, by whom they are so badly requited, must be at tended with fatal consequences for a Cabinet whose inability was sufficiently evident during the disturbances excited by the cholera, and those created in the South by their late fiscal measures. The Ministry deceived and committed the King by advising him to demand foreign aid—a step which has injured him in the opinion of everybody, and may tend to alienate from him altogether the affection of the people of Sicily. On the day of St. Francis Xavier, the Fran ciscan friars of two convents, those of Roccella and Monte Sori, renounced of themselves their religious avocations, ex changed their habits for secular clothes, and took to the mountains, without anybody presuming to find fault with them for so doing. The Bishop applied for the assistance of a military force, but the authorities declined acceding to his demand. Many of the Franciscan mocks, and of those belonging to rich orders, are distinguished ti;r their liberal and independent ideas, and their preaching has greatly con tributed to enlighten the country-people. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 30.—1 n consequence of a convention concluded by Nourri Effendi, the Turkish Am bass:icier to the Court of London, who is now at Paris, and the Engliish Ministry, besides the ordinary Austrian mail, English Couriers re henceforth to go twice every month to Semlin with letters, where an English Courier must always be ready to receive them. By this means there will be a communication with London six times every month. This arrangement seems to have proceeded from Mr. Urquhart, by which the English dispatches will be spared any delay in the Austrian States. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 30.—1 t is some weeks since I have had it in my power to make any communication rela tive to Circassia. Aware that this country constitutes the bul.wark which opposes the principle obstacle to the pro gress of Russia's ambition, that in one word British inte rests in the east are dependent of the fate of Circassia, I have considereel •it a duty to use every means in order to obtain information respecting the contest at present carried on between its w a riiLe populations and the troops of the Czar. I have had an o p i eortunily of seeing last week a let ter from one of the principal Circassian Chiefs, Djambolat Bey, dated November the 1001, which conveyed intelli gence of the most gratifying description. The accuracy of the information it conveyed was further confirmed by the statements of several individuals whom I saw on their arrival here on Sunday last. The formidable pre parations of Russia along the line of the Couban, and the redoubled activity of her blockading - _squa dron far from striking terror into the minds of these independent mountaineers, have had for result to impress upon them the necessity of centralization. The sense of common danger has awakened, for the first time, in their hearts the feelings of nationality, the feuds between tribe and tribe having ceased, and as symbolic of their union into one peeple, a national flag has been adopted. It was while under the excitement these electrifying feelings had awakened that intelligence of the approach of a considerable division of the Russian army reached the Circassian camp. After leaving its encampment in the vicinity of the fortress Abouna, the Russian column penetrated in the districts of Netkooadj and Shapshik without meeting with resistance, the inhabi tants i e lving been directed by their chiefs to retire to the mountains, after setting fire to whatever they could not re move. On their arrival at the extremity of the' plain of Shapshik, the Itinesians took up a position close to the fum ing ruins of Shoomeye, Shockaiky, and Daba, and on the following day attempte4 forcing a passage across the Dewend, leading to Chelindji:z. Their efforts on that, and on the following day, proved a6ertive. Their subsequent attempts were equally unsuccessful. The heavy losses the troops experienced :n their daily encounter With the enemy, and the difficulty of maintaining Ilia cavalry in a country which had in every direction been laid waste, in duced the Russian general, after having remaiued a fort night in the same position, to operate his retreat. This re solution on his part was, it was supposed, subsequent to the arrival of the intelligence of the dreadful ravages committed by a body of 5,000 Circassian horsemen, which had ad vanced two days journey from the frontiers into the Rus sian territory. This body marched under the orders of one of the most valiant chiefs, Hirsiz-ogloi Ali Bey, who had placed the national colours of Circassia in the hands of his own son. Laden .with booty, they were on their return met by the Russian column above mentioned, retiring upon Abo Una. A desperate engagement took place, during which large numbers were slain on both sides. On the fol lowing day the Russian general desired a parley, during which it was agreed that ca4l party, after removing its dead and wounded should be allowed to proceed on its march without further molestation. The Sultan went on the 26th instant to Nicomcdia and Iznik, to be present at the launching of a line-of-bat tle ship built in its dock-yard under the direction and at the expense of Achmet Paella, the recently appointed Captain Pacha. His Highness is expected in town tomorrow. The Porte has received the melancholy intelligence of the Reshid Mehmet Paella's death at the head quarters at Harpoot, shortly after the arrival of the bearer of the au tograph letter which the Sultan addressed to him to com pliment him on his victories over the insurgents in Coor distan. The General-in-Chief was attacked with a fever, which on the fifteenth day put an end to his miserable existence. Hasouz Pacha, the Ferik of Kootayah, has been named his successor. Essad Effendi, the late Ottoman and Ambassador at the Court of Teheren arrived here on the 28th instant. The last accounts from Persia represent the state of that coun try in the most unfavouraisle colours. The expedition againstAsghaunistan, which for a while had been suspended, in consequence of the financial cm'earraesinent the Shah was placed in, has been resumed. The Persian army's head-quarters were at Asterabad. The ravages of the plague in the northern provinces of Persia appear to have been as dreadful as in those parts of Turkey which have been visited by this calamity. To all appearances this malady will prove as fatal to the popu lations of this country as the terrible epidemic in 18.12. Hopes were entertained here during the last week of seeing its intensity subside, but the vast increase of mortality which has since occurred, has proved them to have been perfectly delusory. The number of victims of this disorder, during the course of last week, exceeded 10,000. The commercial treaty proposed by the English Govern ment to the Porte continues to occupy the consideration of the Dis an. Most of its members have openly declared their incompetency to understand it, and deeply regret that the English Government should not have sent a person to whom they might refer-for an explication cf its numerous obscure passages. Mr. Pisani, the English interpreter, has declared also that he could not understand it any more than :he Divan. It was supposed here for some time that Mr. U sy eliart, the Secretary of the Embassy, having been the bearer this treaty, was the person designated by the English Cabivat for meeting any objections the Turkish Ministry might h a ve to make, or supply theiu with the ne cessary commentaries on th e text, but Lord then seems to have looked upon the assistance of Mr. Urquhart as per fectly supererogatory. ----- THE ENGLISH BIJOU A LMANACK FOR 1837. —Th's production is, without exception, the greatest cu riosity we ever saw. It is about the size of a small snow flake, yet contains a list of the days of the week, and the months of the year, to say n othing of five or six embellish ments, with illustrative poetry by L. E. L., which last may set all criticism at defiance, for no eye, less quick-sighted than an eagle's, can possibly read it. Certcs, the volume must have been printed in Lilliput, and—in order to keep up what the philosopher would call " the fitnes of things" —should be paid for in silver fourpeloy-pieces s . If any of our waggishly-disposed readers happentober acquainted with a testy, purblind old bachelor, of fifty py a ) of age, we should advise them by all means to send him this miniature almanack, by way of a New-year's g ia. It will puzzle his optics, and give a wholesome stimulus to his nervous temperament for at least a week. Attached to the volume is a portrait of Madame Malibran, which is said, by those who can discern the features, to be an ex cellent likeness. As a phcenomenon, we have little doubt that this almanack will become a nine-day's wonder, and set a " wilderness" of readers staring through s pectacles. The Duke and Duchess of Leinster and family, in cluding the Marquis of Kildare, will shortly leave Carton House, their Graces' scat in Kildare. The Earl and Coun tess Mulgave have been en a visit to the Noble Duke and Duchess, and a distinguished circle have also been entertained during their sojourn in Ireland. The cholera is fast decreasing at Naples. On the 9th there were only twenty-nine new cases. The disease was confined to one part of the town, but it is stated to be spreading about the country, and to have reached Gaeta, where it is doing much mischief. The States are still free from it. The quarantine has been as yet established ; con sequently no intercourse exists between this capital and Naples.